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Using a Typewriter Simulator to Teach Media History

Dennis G. Jerz / 1 Jan 2018

Working on the syllabus for my “Media and Culture” class on the history and future of the book.

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    14 thoughts on “Using a Typewriter Simulator to Teach Media History”

    1. Joanna Howard Joanna Howard says:
      2 Jan 2018 at 12:09 pm

      I would love to take the course.

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    2. Leonardo Flores Leonardo Flores says:
      2 Jan 2018 at 9:05 am

      I love to teach this work as a way to make my students aware of the materiality of spaces and carriage returns with a typewriter. http://collection.eliterature.org/1/works/stefans__star_wars_one_letter_at_a_time.html

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    3. Melissa George Melissa George says:
      1 Jan 2018 at 10:52 pm

      I had a manual typewriter in my Writing Center when I taught First Grade . One of my students excitedly exclaimed,”Wow! Check it out! This doesn’t even need batteries or electricity to work!”

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      • Bradley William Bleck Bradley William Bleck says:
        2 Jan 2018 at 12:12 am

        But good luck threading that ribbon!

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    4. Greg Kerestan Greg Kerestan says:
      1 Jan 2018 at 7:29 pm

      I worked in an office once where what they called “kindergarten skills” were routinely used to cut and paste: actual, physical cutting and pasting of documents, then using a copy machine to create the doctored one.

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    5. Dennis G. Jerz Dennis G. Jerz says:
      1 Jan 2018 at 6:49 pm

      The simulation only shows about 200 words at a time, so yes, they will either have to assemble printouts or screenshots.

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    6. Bradley William Bleck Bradley William Bleck says:
      1 Jan 2018 at 6:12 pm

      Will they get to really cut and paste/tape?

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    7. Tiiu J Robison Tiiu J Robison says:
      1 Jan 2018 at 3:12 pm

      My hubby and I had five or six portable typewriters; the best one (my mother’s) was taken by a young relative early on. We still have a portable electric Smith-Corona, which I’ve kept for “sentimental” reasons. No idea where to get ribbons for it, though … well, I have to admit I haven’t actually looked online, or anywhere else. I really have NO DESIRE to go back to a typewriter … When I was working on my Master of Library Science at UC Berkeley in the ’60s, the hardest class for me was the first semester of cataloging; I actually had to RENT a decent typewriter to churn out those neat and perfect catalog cards!!! 🙁

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    8. Joshua Sasmor Joshua Sasmor says:
      1 Jan 2018 at 2:37 pm

      I can cancel an office hour for that time slot – let me know what day :). I even have old dip pens, real goose quills, and a bamboo dip quill that Evan made in art class a year and a half ago. I’m in!

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      • Dennis G. Jerz Dennis G. Jerz says:
        1 Jan 2018 at 3:56 pm

        Wonderful. Will get back to you on the day.

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    9. Dennis G. Jerz Dennis G. Jerz says:
      1 Jan 2018 at 2:04 pm

      Its MW 2:15. I’d love for you to share your interest in fountain pens.

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    10. Dennis G. Jerz Dennis G. Jerz says:
      1 Jan 2018 at 1:02 pm

      Joshua Sasmor I would welcome a visit from you in February, during our manuscript unit.

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      • Joshua Sasmor Joshua Sasmor says:
        1 Jan 2018 at 1:15 pm

        When does the class meet, and what would you want me to discuss?

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    11. Cathy Ganley Cathy Ganley says:
      1 Jan 2018 at 10:55 am

      Awesome! I have a collection of IBM Selectric typewriter Ballz. I love explaining to my students how one changed fonts back in the day

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